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WPFW Management and Contact Information

  • Jerry Paris – General Manager
    202-588-0999 Ext 309 – jerryp at wpfw.org

  • Katea Stitt – Program Director
    202-588-0999 Ext 328 – kstitt at wpfw.org

WPFW’s License is held by the Pacifica Foundation

WPFW's license holder is the Pacifica Foundation. The Pacifica National Board has full legal responsibility and authority for WPFW.
With few exceptions, Pacifica National Board meetings are open to the public when happening locally, and streamed live on the internet when happening as phone conferences.
Click here for all Pacifica meeting dates and minutes

Pacifica National Board Members

  • Teresa J. Allen

  • Burt Cohen

  • James Dingeman

  • Vanessa Dixon-Briggs

  • Marianne Edain, Recording Secretary NV

  • Sue Goodwin

  • Heather Gray

  • Donna Grimes

  • Julie Hewitt

  • Evelia Jones

  • Ali Lexa Al-Hilali

  • Marianne Martinez

  • James McFadden

  • Darlene Rose Pagano

  • Lawrence Reyes

  • Shawn Rhodes

  • James Sagurton

  • Sharonne Salaam

  • Akio Tanaka

  • Mark Van Landuyt

  • Polina Vasiliev, Secretary NV

  • Elizabeth von Gunten

  • Egberto Willies

  • Susan Young

WPFW has a Local Station Board which is responsible for local governance.

Among other duties, the LSB oversees the management, finances and budget of WPFW.
With few exceptions, WPFW Local Station Board meetings are open to the public, and the public is invited to attend.
Meeting notices are posted on WPFW's web page.

WPFW Local Station Board Members

  • Anita Irene Adams

  • Yaw Agyei

  • Nick Arena, Treasurer NV

  • Thomas M Blanton

  • Sarah E Brown

  • Wayne Bruce

  • Ellen Williams Carter, Secretary NV

  • Marsha Coleman-Adebayo

  • Bill Curtis

  • Violetta Diamond

  • Vanessa M. Dixon-Briggs

  • Sue Goodwin

  • Donna Grimes

  • Kamau Harris

  • Julie Hewitt

  • Arthur Hyland

  • Kathleen A Maloy

  • Arthur McCloud

  • Maxx Myrick

  • Jerry Paris, Member NV

  • Eileen Rosin, Vice Chair

  • Minerva F Sanders

  • Adele M Stan

  • Frank Stearns

  • Tim Willard

  • Dennis Williams, Chair

WPFW also has a Community Advisory Board

This board reviews the programming schedule, budgets and assists with long term plans of the station. The CAB is made up of listeners to WPFW who donate their time.
Meetings are open to the public, and the public is invited to attend.
Meeting notices are posted on WPFW's web page;

WPFW Community Advisory Board Members

  • Collette Dawud, Secretary

  • Aminyah Muhammad-M'Backe, Chair

  • Nancy Switkes, Secretary

  • Enyinnaya Anicho Udo

  • Thomas "Alan" Young

WPFW’s Equal Employment Opportunity Report

Pacifica Foundation, Inc, the 501(c)3 corporation which is the licensee of WPFW, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WPFW-Pacifica does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Click for WPFW's EEO Report.

WPFW’s most recent Audited Financial Statements

Click here for 2017 IRS 990 Form

Click here for 2018 Pacifica Audit

WPFW’s most recent CPB Annual Content Report

Click here to read most recent information from the WPFW CPB SAS survey